About Bjørn Blakstad
Lived 1926 – 2012 (aged 86). Bjørn Blakstad was a Norwegian diplomat.
Bjørn Blakstad (9 January 1926 – 11 July 2012) was a Norwegian diplomat.
He was born in Hisøy Municipality, and is a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1952. He became a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. He then served as an ambassor; to Japan from 1976 to 1981, to Spain from 1981 to 1988 and to the Netherlands from 1988 to 1994. He died in July 2012 in Arendal.
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Who was Bjørn Blakstad?
Norwegian diplomat
When was Bjørn Blakstad born?
Bjørn Blakstad was born on 9 January 1926.
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Bjørn Blakstad died on 11 July 2012.
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Bjørn Blakstad was a diplomat.
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Bjørn Blakstad was Norwegian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bjørn Blakstad. https://biography.guide/bjorn-blakstad/
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